Making Trouble: Three Generations of Funny Jewish Women

20071h 25m

A documentary film about three generations of female Jewish comedians and the complexity and challenges of their relationship to comedy, Judaism, and gender. The film profiles Molly Picon, Fanny Brice, Sophie Tucker, Joan Rivers, Gilda Radner, and Wendy Wasserstein, as well as contemporary comedians Judy Gold and Jackie Hoffman.

Cast

Photo of Fanny Brice

Fanny Brice

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Molly Picon

Molly Picon

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Gilda Radner

Gilda Radner

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Sophie Tucker

Sophie Tucker

Self (archive footage)

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